Here it comes another lonely night I'm waking up in my clothes I know this place is poison but I'm coming back for a lethal dose I got fist full of chances and a washed up angel to fill me up with bad advice Sex and God and lust and I just hope that maybe I can get this right 'Cause I want and I need Do you really want to see me bleed 'Cause I can't get nothin' from your secondhand heart I get nothing from your secondhand heart Filling pages with the same old secrets I still want just you Blackbird on a lonely wire do you ever think about me too I want something that I can hold onto I don't care if it's wrong or right Sex and God and lust and I just hope that maybe I can get this right I end up every time just playing your twisted games I light myself on fire and you just watch as I go up in flames
I remember as the seasons turned to fall wind was sitting and the leaves fell a hinting a sign of the near winter's ball chill in the air as I strolled down the back steps looking for a tale to tell then she slipped me a stare as I slid into my chair she already knew me too well
she said hello in that beautiful voice my reply was nowhere as sweet she seemed impressed by the state of my mess she laughed at the wings on my feet offered me a cigarette and before I could even refuse we were standing alone she was chilled to the bone she told me to sing the blues
(chorus) hey hey now I feel alright and I just wanted to see if I may if I might be the king of your world tonight
so I told her of the books I’d read and details about the time I stole six dollars from a man named Jed just to turn around and pay him back nine I quoted my favorite poem but I ended it terribly wrong she said I understand then she clapped both her hands and said that's my favorite song
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just then a man walked in and took her away she said her sweet goodbye I’ll see you again one day so it was over and I was standing there all alone and I said to myself as I dusted my shelf this time I think it was love
here we sit again and tales begin to spin about the things that we've done and seen stories of wine glutton and glory and the occasional altered dreams appetites for memories grow as the sunshine begins to fade across the hill
it's the same old chill lurking right there in the shade just as a child with bright eyes and a smile laughter was all she knew her mama was away and all papa did was pray so the wanderlust slowly grew she spread her wings and a couple other things for the medicine man downtown with his bottle of elixir he said that he could fix her and soon she was going down
(chorus) and everything begins to look the same feel the burn from the same old evil flame we watched her fall from sweet and kind and i wish she could come back sweet magdeline
she was gone on a bad trip followed by a needle and a silver spoon mama sat and cried and papa told us lies said she'd be back real soon suddenly the seasons changed from the fall back to the spring answers live like peasants here when the questions reign as king
see her walking alone in this city of heartache and stone she finds her way down to where she once found all her dreams she doesn't understand why something she'd given her heart to could die but that's just the way it works out they say it's alright (chorus) she's coming back down this carousel ride has stopped spinning round she wants to say she's sorry and stay but it's too late now this carousel ride has shut down fingertips trace the lines pens and papers recall the good times but clocks they do run and change what's been done say goodbye (chorus) (bridge) and i want you to come with me tonight i don't know if it's real but it surely feels right (chorus)
Night ends another day begins she feels just like she did the day before She finds her coat she grabs her hat she picks her stockings up from off the bathroom floor With a plastic smile on closes the door and she's gone away She hears all the things that they say but talk is cheap so she gives it away
She don't want to get better No no She just wants to have some fun She'll do anything the boys will let her Oh no She just wants to be the one Yeah yeah yeah yeah
She finds a bar that says it's open so she takes a step inside A man with a tall drink and a Wall Street haircut says that he can give her a ride With a plastic smile on closes the door and she's gone away She hears all the things that they say but talk is cheap so she gives it away
Everybody wants to be a star in somebody's dream But you can't get there darling down upon your knees
Wake in the morning Lord I'm drunken with the dawn Waiting on a train that I know runs no more just outside of Baltimore Or Chicago well I just don't know Everyday it's harder when you spend your time alone Then there's no one ever there to say hello When the sweet morning sun does come And it always seems to come
One day I will rise High above it all She will catch me if I fall And I know I will always be the King of Grey
Sweet promises of springtime turn the brown lies of early fall Orbiting around a love that I once called my own Never have I felt so small And maybe it's the wintertime come to make me feel so cold But there is just a slight chance that this pain comes from watching smiles fade away They fade away
One day I will rise High above it all She will catch me if I fall And I will live today And I will watch her dancing in the sun My whole world's come undone And I know I will always be the King of Grey
Bring me summertime and take away this pain of mine This emptiness is far too much won't somebody please come pick me up